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Jantão Island Knowing that Quale Junks always run is

Pirate

ofer

shelter in such weather, ani

conceal themselves.

At daylight yesterday morning I got underweigh and steamed

round the last and Nout side

9

Mi's Bay.

On passing beliveen Eescent

and Crooked Islands, and

rounding the

nour of Goorled

pour of

I land I observed a

Original

owner and pars of

on board taken by Oirates 23 days since taken to "Saw.ein-moor

ago

and

fitted out as Sirate Junire.

Examined Starling

and other places.

A fisherman

saying

Inler

came off

off

he knew where another

use was concealed. Ji

Quali Juuse

steamed back, and went with

Boat armed into a

hidden cove.

Junie -

sprot

before

level yds off) fling 2 Juns overboard.

and run ou

and 30 mun

Rocks with

showe, between 20

red ow

juunped

armo

the

and escaped.

Found the Juure to have

perfecity I had passed the

tivice previously, a fere hours

before the man came

off- 010

Ow the

Flung

Goals approach, Pirate crew

2 Guns overboard and concealed themselves in the Village.

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